The old cat then further explained that among many different civilizations, there is a similar myth, that is, there is a snake or dragon that survives by devouring itself.

The implicit meaning of this is that from the day of birth, it is a metaphor that constantly eats away at the self of yesterday, and can be reborn after death, starting again from a baby and repeating a new life. The snake that bites its own tail and slowly devours it so that it is connected end to end is a symbol of the cycle of life.

This myth is the Ouroboros in ancient Indian civilization - the snake god Shasha, which surrounds the turtle god Kulima and supports the eight elephants responsible for carrying the whole world, which means the eternal life of the world.

In ancient Chinese culture, especially in China's Hongshan culture, there is a symbol of the "coiled dragon" that symbolizes its meaning. It symbolizes the immortality of the nation.

In the West, especially in Christianity, it is generally believed that the serpent that devours its own body is the border and limit of the entire material world, and its "self-reduction" characteristic also symbolizes following in the footsteps of the preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes, a fleeting and limited existence in the fleeting world, and at the same time, as a sign of the "cyclical law", it is the representative of "self-destruction" in pantheism and mysticism.

In the monotheistic churches of Eastern European countries, this "Ouroboros" is an important emblem. Eastern European Christianity, there is a branch commonly known as the snake worshipper, which believes in the Ouroboros and calls it the "holy snake". In Gnosticism, the Ouroboros symbolizes "infinity" and "the soul of the world". In many West African religions, the snake is a sacred animal. The image of the demigod Eduferus is a large snake biting its own tail.

When I heard the old cat say this, I suddenly thought of one thing, that is, my favorite team, Inter Milan, is called the snake elf. The snake spirit is based on the image of a demigod of the flag of Carnaro Regency, Italy. In other words, the snake spirit was also a type of Ouroboros at the earliest.

I also have an understanding of the meaning of the Ouroboros, which seems to symbolize consummation and constant rebirth. But what we see is that the dragon and Ji Wei devour each other, and the two things that look like dragons, not dragons, snakes, and non-snakes devour each other, will there be any potential meaning with Ouroboros? I muttered to myself.

Lin Xihui probably heard my words and said to me in a hurry, "Then let's reason, if a snake or dragon devours its body, it is to make itself reborn again and again." So what does it mean for two snakes or dragons to devour each other's bodies, think about it for yourselves, and remember the scene you just saw in the mural. ”

With Lin Xihui's words, all the people present except for the old cat who closed his eyes and kept his mind closed, everyone else fell into deep thought. I thought about the scene on the mural again.

The entangled dragon and Ji Wei were still struggling at first, trying to use brute force to separate them, but this was obviously impossible. After devouring the blurred black shadow, the two began to devour each other's bodies, and at this time, the bodies that were originally tightly intertwined were actually separated by ghosts! A strange answer popped up in my mind.

asked Lin Xihui in a low voice, "What is the meaning of the two of them devouring each other's bodies...... In order to liberate each other? ”

Megumi Yuba nodded first, then shook her head, and asked me to think deeper. Before I could think about it, the bald head lying next to us suddenly said faintly, "It's not for them to be reincarnated, right?" After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lin Xihui, waiting for her answer.

Lin Xihui nodded approvingly at the bald head and told us that at the beginning of the mural, the two dragons wanted to separate, but they couldn't, which meant that it was impossible for the two to be reincarnated, because only after devouring their former "bodies" was a prerequisite for reincarnation.

So the two began, devouring each other, and this devouring not only freed the entangled body, but also allowed the dragon and Ji Wei to be reincarnated!

Lin Xihui specifically pointed out that the part of the body that the two dragons "unraveled" after devouring each other was not really unraveled, but their new bodies after reincarnation!

I looked at Lin Xihui with admiration, and a few pictures that seemed to have no connection at all were explained by her in a few simple words. The explanation she gave sounded exactly like the mural at the time.

It turned out that the dragon and Ji Wei devoured each other in order to help each other reincarnate! Only with the help of each other can the two form rebirth, otherwise they can only be entangled. Thinking of this, I can't help but have one more question.

So he asked Lin Xihui again, "Have you ever wondered what it means that the dragon and Ji Wei are entangled?" The two of them are completely different species, and it is impossible for them to be so closely intertwined, and since the mural depicts the "double dragons" that are entwined, I think there must be a deep meaning in this. What do you think? ”

After listening to my question, Lin Xihui also frowned, and she said that she couldn't think of any reason to explain that the body of "Double Dragon" would be tightly entangled.

Since I haven't even thought of Lin Xihui yet, I won't think about it anymore. Immediately, I thought about the scene behind the mural after the dragon and Ji Wei devoured each other. I remember that after that, the mural stayed on the picture of the double dragons devouring each other for a long time. Then came the strange four strange birds. Except for the phoenix and the flying peacock, what are the other two big birds?

"Just now on the mural, after the pattern of "double dragons" devouring each other ended, in the four directions of the mural, the four birds appeared, except for the phoenix and the peacock, what are the other two? I asked again.

Lin Xihui told me that the bird that looked like an eagle was actually a Dapeng. And that nine-headed bird is the legendary nine-headed ghost car. The four birds that appear on the mural are not ordinary birds, and the phoenix is a sacred bird, needless to say. Dapeng is also a sacred bird around the Buddha. This Roc and the phoenix are both divine objects.

"That nine-headed bird is a ghost car?! Impossible. It's a mythical bird, so it shouldn't be painted like that. I used to steal an ancient tomb of the Liao Dynasty, and the totem inside was the nine-headed ghost car, and the ancient tomb was said to be the tomb of the great priest of the Liao Kingdom. The bald head said this, suddenly stopped, and the whole person fell into a state of contemplation, as if he had thought of something.

I was about to ask him what he was thinking, when the bald man sat up from the ground and said to us in a horrified tone, "Fuck, I've seen that kind of Taihao writing before!" The bald head said, rolling up his sleeves, and I saw a tattoo on the biceps of the bald head, and this tattoo was the Taihao text we saw before!